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# [AGENTS.md ignored in a monorepo? Claude Code and Codex walk the tree in opposite directions](https://iliyaoblakov.hashnode.dev/agents-md-ignored-in-a-monorepo-claude-code-and-codex-walk-the-tree-in-opposite-directions?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Start Codex at the root of a monorepo and the AGENTS.md in your package stays out of that run. Leave a CLAUDE.md in any folder above your working directory and Claude Code, under its default setting,

1d ago · 8 min read · iliyaoblakov.hashnode.dev  
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